तस्माद्दशगुणो वह्निस्तस्माद्दशगुणोऽनिलः । ततो दशगुणं व्योम ततः परममम्बरम् ॥ ५७ ॥
tasmāddaśaguṇō vahnistasmāddaśaguṇō’nilaḥ | tatō daśaguṇaṁ vyōma tataḥ paramamambaram || 57 ||
Translation
Beyond it, fire ten times as much; beyond that, wind ten times as much; then space ten times as much; and then the supreme space.
Word by word
- tasmād
- (tasmāt) beyond it; beyond that
- daśa
- ten
- guṇō
- times as much
- vahnis
- (vahniḥ) fire
- anilaḥ
- wind
- tatō
- then
- guṇaṁ
- times as much
- vyōma
- space
- tataḥ
- and then
- paramam
- the supreme
- ambaram
- space
Meaning
Water, fire, wind, space: the elements in their order, each a covering ten times wider. Beyond the last lies the "supreme space" (paramam ambaram). Another commentary: the pure space of awareness, which alone remains when ignorance is gone.